Shar peis!

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Emma Clark — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:35:21 GMT

we've got the odd one or two that are ok once you have a muzzle on them, but have one intoday for an op and couldn;t get near her with a muzzle, had to sling a tape muzzle over her, once we had done that she was throwing herself all over the place whilst i was trying to inject her premed whilst at the same time emptying her anal glands everywhere!! Nice!! lol

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dinkyd — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:34:39 GMT

All the shar pei's i ahve come across have been evil.....apart from one - she was so sweet - she lived with tow dogue de bordeauxs that decided they wanted to eat her - it took me and two vets to stitch her all back together and not once did she try to bite anyone even after all she had been through.Think she was a one off tho lol!

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Saskia Quinn — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:09:24 GMT

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We had a shar-pei in yesterday which was a referral from private practice

He had horrific wounds to his neck as a result of a fight with another shar-pei!! He was absolutely lovely towards his owner and wagging his tail but it was almost impossible to sedate him later as he was just daring us to come near him. After 3 of us tried to restrain him, we eventually got a muzzle on and sedated him.

I went to get him out of his kennel to discharge him, and he dared me to go near with his looks and his snarling, once he saw his owner, he became the angel dog again!!

He had surgery to his wounds with a penrose drain and stitches. Owner phoned approx 1 hour after he had gone home to say he had pulled drain out (no buster collar as all neck wounds) then phoned again tonight to say he had somehow magically managed to get stitches out????? of his neck??? anyway, I have the pleasure of dealing with him again first thing in the morning!

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well, an update on Harvey - our Shar Pei!

He came back in this morning having totally torn apart his wounds from yesterday. We sedated him while the owner was there without any problems thankfully.

He was actually more placid today, I got the feeling that he knew we were trying to help him. There were of course a few snarls and growls along the way but I have kind of got to like him in a weird sort of way.

I wonder sometimes is it just because they get so nervous when they are out of their comfort zone?

Anyway, he completely wrecked his wound through scratching it to the point where it is impossible to correct it surgically. The vet in charge decided to treat it as an open wound with wet to dry for the next while until we see how it is progressing.

Of course, the only problem with this is that we will have to see and deal with him every single day for the forseeable!#

Hopefully he will mellow with time?

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a little update on Harvey well, he has wagged his tail at me twice now lol!!! Yesterday, I got to meet the 'cause' of his injuries...... another Shar Pei called Stacey!!! Acted as if butter wouldnt melt lol!!

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Kim Buckley — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:00:14 GMT

Haha I like it! What made me laugh though is this guy was going on about the different health problems that shar peis have yet he owned 4 of them!! Oh and he didn't have a lot of money! What a surprise!

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jan — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:35:38 GMT

not very PC but we call them Guide dogs for the Stupid. Only waiting for someone to cross one with a Neolopitan & my life will be complete!

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Kim Buckley — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 15:45:47 GMT

Yesterday was fun. In the middle of a very hectic day at work a lady rings us in tears. Her shar pei has attacked her other shar pei and then turned on her so she's locked it in the garden so can we please come and get rid of her. Urmm no!

Managed to get her to bring the dog in (in a cage) so we sedated her and then put her to sleep. We got the other dog in to check out his wounds and he had teeth marks all him so we had him in to clip and clean up. The owner kept saying how he was a lovely dog but had trouble with his sight. Urmm yeah how about because he has eye lashes rubbing against them causes loads of pain!! I really don't know why people get these mutant dogs!

Oh and any tips how to get a shar pei hair out of my finger?? Ouch!

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Saskia Quinn — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:54:58 GMT

Thanks Bethany! We sedate him now when the owner is there and it is working very well. I hope it continues as we will be treating him for weeks to come!

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Bethany Leonard - Williams RVN — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:17:03 GMT

oh heck good luck!

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Saskia Quinn — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:01:56 GMT

[quote user="SaskiaVN"]

We had a shar-pei in yesterday which was a referral from private practice

I went to get him out of his kennel to discharge him, and he dared me to go near with his looks and his snarling, once he saw his owner, he became the angel dog again!!

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well, an update on Harvey - our Shar Pei!

He came back in this morning having totally torn apart his wounds from yesterday. We sedated him while the owner was there without any problems thankfully.

I wonder sometimes is it just because they get so nervous when they are out of their comfort zone?

Of course, the only problem with this is that we will have to see and deal with him every single day for the forseeable!#

Hopefully he will mellow with time?

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Ann McAleer — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:31:40 GMT

by the owner or the dog :D

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Kim Buckley — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:14:03 GMT

We've got one in tomorrow who regularly comes in for various problems. She's a complete nightmare but generally ok when the owner is there. However she has now started turning on the owners!! She's having one of her ears sorted tomorrow because they think she's becoming aggressive due to pain but if this doesn't work then they are gonna have her pts. I feel really sorry for her owners because they are lovely! They got a pug last year. Think they should stick to them instead of shar peis!

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Saskia Quinn — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:48:53 GMT

We had a shar-pei in yesterday which was a referral from private practice

I went to get him out of his kennel to discharge him, and he dared me to go near with his looks and his snarling, once he saw his owner, he became the angel dog again!!

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Julie — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:40:04 GMT

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Its ok everyone has the right to say what they want as I have breeds I don't like, I just love this breed which is why I am possibly getting another in a years time.

I would never replace my max.

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Hi Zara - sorry to hear about your loss, it must be terrible for you. There are good and bad dogs in every breed.

My young GSD (great big softy but breed not liked by many) has been attacked, on two seperate occasions, by Ladradors recently. One of the little shits bit me whilst the owners just carried on walking as I tried to get their Fxxxxxx off-lead dog off mine.

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zara — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:45:57 GMT

Its ok everyone has the right to say what they want as I have breeds I don't like, I just love this breed which is why I am possibly getting another in a years time.

I would never replace my max.

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Louise B — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:37:52 GMT

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I had one for 5 . 5 yrs best dog ever with people he knew they are very good in the home, sadly I lost him to shar pei fever syndrome/renal failure 7 weeks ago, best companion i have ever had.

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Hi Zara, I am sorry to hear about Max. You must be devastated. This thread must feel like a kick in the guts to you at the moment

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Nick Shackleton — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:53:06 GMT

It's offical I hate this breed!!! And the owners arn't much better!!!!

Get scratched by one today at work! 15cm gash down the back of my hand! Oh the joys!

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Lucy-lu — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:53:36 GMT

Unfortunately we have a breeder of these awful dogs that comes to our surgery. The last litter all had to have eye-tacking done!!! And they still want to breed from her again!!!

We have also had puppy parties today and low and behold, a chocolate Shar Pei was amongst them! They are not attractive in any coat colour, yuck!

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hissycat — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:42:49 GMT

I love to hate these dogs! Even when they can't see they can still see to bite you! grrr. We had one come in concussed because it had ran into a pole! time for an eye tack, then. Unfortunately one of our vets is quite keen on them (weird) so we see quite a few of them. Nine times out of ten they are very aggressive.

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les punton — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 21:38:05 GMT

never met a nice one until recently, although still would not trust him. He came in for TECA on 2 occasions and he has ok temperment with us. I will rephrase that......we can sedate him no bother!

A few years back my mum was looking for a puppy and said those puppies are cute, OMG I would have disowned her. We had a serious chat and needless to say she didnt get one!

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Carly Woodward — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:14:56 GMT

Wow some of you have had really bad experiences.

We have a gorgeous (?!) Shar Pei who has been coming to us with congenital heart condition since he was 4 months old. He is now 18 months and has had horendous amounts of surgery at referal but he has maintained his sweet temprement throughout.

The owners have another Shar Pei who is older and has skin problems and is also OK temprement.

We do have a couple of nervous ones but I have never seen a really nasty one.. yet!!

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zara — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:49:23 GMT

I had one for 5 . 5 yrs best dog ever with people he knew they are very good in the home, sadly I lost him to shar pei fever syndrome/renal failure 7 weeks ago, best companion i have ever had.

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Fiona Leathers — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:24:57 GMT

It's a pity you can't see their eyes though!!!

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Avril Louise Jackson RVN — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:22:38 GMT

One of nurses i work with was admitting shar pei and I heard a scream! The owner had assured her it was friendly and didn't mind injections but on giving pre-med it tried to bite her hand off. Her hand was VERY badly inflammed and bruised. O bought her some chocs to apologise!

It's all in the eyes, as much as O trusts dog themselves I don't trust staring eyes! Most Shar Peis have staring mistrustful eyes and I never pre-med them with the owner. Same with rotties except a very obese rotty we get in who thinks that injections are fabulous!! (she has sparkling darting eyes not staring focussed eyes!)

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Katy — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:18:19 GMT

Super mingin!

Can't stand the little sods. We had one in after an RTA a while ago. Needed muzzling and it still tried to have a go! I thought it was due to it being in pain after it's RTA, but obviously not!!!

Heard some right horror stories about them. Why do people buy them?!

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A Little TLC — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:12:01 GMT

Ewww - Ming-a-ling!!!